Don't Be A Sucker

Remember this old film made by the US Government in the 1940's to warn citizens against falling for con men? It's pretty relevant in the age of Trump, when so many people have fallen under the sway of this boil on the butt of humanity.

From the Atlantic magazine:

Why an Anti-Fascist Short Film Is Going Viral

How should Americans fight against a resurgent white-nationalist movement in the United States? This weekend, they returned to an artifact from an earlier era of anti-Nazism. Tens of thousands of people rediscovered—and promptly shared and retweeted—a clip from Don’t Be a Sucker, a short propaganda film made by the U.S. War Department in 1943.

When it first debuted, Don’t Be a Sucker would have played in movie theaters. Now it has made its 21st-century premiere thanks to a network of smaller screens and the Internet Archive, where it is available in full. Almost 75 years after it was first shown, Don’t Be a Sucker lives again as a public object in a new and strange context.

Long version (17:25):

Short version (2:38):